How amd where to apply for jobs as a Blender artist? 😢

hey you are the DONUT guy

Link for your podcast? Are these available on youtube or its exclusive stuff?

Unreal has made so Indie Games can look AAA or even better, ofc I have only built linier levels at the moment so not sure how much optimization I'd have to do to make a full game, but It's incredible and migrating the Animation Sample project and adding your own animations on top wow

Miss these podcasts boss :(

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I wish people would protest banning this software because it’s literally going to replace everything it’s not when will it replace everything it’s when will it

Smart boy!

AI won't replace artists. Artists that work in physical mediums like oil, acrylic painting, charcoal etc are always gonna be around. It's mainly the people that work with digital mediums like digital photography, digital painting, graphic design etc. that have an uncertain future... I expect the value of traditional art to go up once we start to get more flooded with AI generated 'artworks'.

Lol this guy has that pervasive attitude in concept art that you should cheat as much as you can and basically fool your way in to the industry. Well, I suppose fake it till you make it is a good strategy but ultimately if you never bother to learn fundamental skills then you will be severely limited down the line. You will have a career, sure, but ultimately you will be a slave to whatever medium you’ve chosen. If you can draw/paint, you can do anything. But if you can’t draw/paint and rely on blender entirely then there is a loooot of things you really cannot do. Ideally, the “backbone” of a sustainable concept art/digital artist career is drawing. Then comes the photo manipulation, 3D programs, even AI. It’s like a pyramid. If you instead start with the tip of the pyramid, well, you can imagine what that does to a pyramid.

already outdated advice to be honest. Blender yes, but concept art is dead because we took over and our AI stuff is supreme.

so sad that there are no more videos on this channel :(

Such a smart overview of our relationship with AI art. Ultimately it is a very skilled copyist and a tool. The sky is not falling. Mr Price has a very sensible attitude about it. I’m presently working on a client project - he first hired AI artists who delivered boring content. But now he’s using my human made content. AI can’t think. It just copies. It is simply a tool that requires an artist’s mind. AI is only a threat to those who don’t put thought into their work.

So if you didn't make as much progress as William then let me tell you this : You are not a failure and you might not be less talented than him. He simply has the best conditions to learn blender and executed well and passionated so you gotta respect him for that. Yes his stuff is pretty inspiring to me but: He is young and has a lot of time compared to a 25 year old that needs to cook his own food, needs to work etc. He already had access to Final Cut and other programs which cost hundreds of dollars - not even to mention the iPhone or a good computer to run blender. So not every kid at that age has access to so much money. He speaks good english what means he has access to good education at a young age what makes it easier for him to learn new stuff. He said his Dad downloaded Blender for him so I guess he has supporting parents. Not every kid has supporting parents that care. Everybody learns Blender under different circumstances. Don't let the success of others diminish your value and self worth.

this is what i was looking for very cool

Andrew, why are you holding a ps4 controller?

iMac Air isn't a thing

16:20 lmfao

There’s a ton of great feedback junior, aspiring, and veteran artists alike need to hear in this interview. The part that stood out for me was seeking mentorship and understanding one’s strengths when working on a team. An experienced master visionary can quickly sharpen the story point of a piece in many ways and a lot of the time it’s through thoughtful composition and placement of key physical elements as well as light.

i love how andrew tryed really hard not to laugh his ass off, after what the kid said. 7:20

Always a pleasure to listen to you talk, Andrew. I'll take your advice and look towards speeding my workflows.

Took me a second to notice the picture behind him. 🍩

This is really motivate for me, I face situation like this not runner thing, I don’t know how to start it.

49:18 this did not age well 🥲

Aw man 😢

Foot pedals is crazy.

I'd recommend watching at least part of FZD's "What AI Can't Do" video. There's a ton of stuff AI will take over but there's also a good deal it simply isn't going to work for. Entertainment design will evolve just as it did with the introduction of Photoshop etc

Thanks Andrew. See you at Blender Guru

Yeesh. So basically not art. In terms of exploitation/diversity of subjects, & in terms of the process either, just make images as fast as possible. It’s a conveyer-belt. The animation industry & especially video games already had a bad reputation, but now with corporate greed getting even worse, AI is gonna make the already few full time positions with workers-benefits, shrink up even more than what they were already.

in response to the preview - there are already humans that make art faster and better than other humans who love art tho ? but i guess that's also tough to stomach ?

Accountants are gone too I bet

It's a bit weird to hear such incredibly advanced Blender users struggle with Geometry nodes. It's encouraging and at the same time the opposite. I'm coming from 2D corporate graphic design and been trying to get more and more into motion and Blender. That alone in itself is a crazy steep learning curve. But Geometry Nodes besides scattering just isn't getting processed by my brain. I understand the process and concepts while watching someone do the BASIC tutorials but there's no way I could pull that stuff off on my own.

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As i do often tend to disagree with you on political topics, this time you have nailed my pov 100%. Resistance is futile, just embrace the new technology and let's try to elevate our skillsets by the use of AI. The industry will change - that is inevidable, nonetheless i think it will bring more opportunities and become more creative in the end.

Learning to prompt is literally only for soulless people, yet its the most efficient path. So basically from automating tedious and hard tasks we got automating fun tasks to get more value for employers. Wow just wow google deepmind team

"Engineering is the closest thing to magic that exists in the world." -Elon Musk

People forget AI still need existing art to generate its thing. If people stop making new art, eventually AI will start sampling its own thing and gets 'bland' pretty quickly.

Huh, never thought I'd see a podcast where someone is interviewed that has the same name as me lol

Thanks for this. This was so insightful.

I’m you

Brilliant. I watched this first when It came out 2years ago, I'll come and see this after 2 years again, Im 100% Confident it will hold up. Best,

Probably the best explanation of composition I’ve come across

Great inverview! Just starting with this stuff as well. I don't get cops called on me because I live in a town where most people know each other but I certainly get the "what's that weird dude doing?" stares.

andrew thank you so much for this long podcast, I've been working on my portfolio for months and i don't know what else to listen when I'm in blender for hours, this is great content I've been learning a lot

Hate to see it go Andrew. This channel really stood for what it is "for serious artists". It wasnt gimmicky and flashy. Its very grounded and the questions you gave were always in reflection to the reality not only as a professional but as a realist, surviving and honing your craft at the same time. Id like to believe theres a silver lining somewhere 😊. Goodluck for the other channels!

Get holt on the board ♥

the best episode! great talk

I saw a video about generating 100 ebooks to sell it on different plattforms. I think we will soon have a problem with too much of all. Saturation in all corners, even if you want support other creative human beings, it is hard to find out if there is one behind.. What we maybe need is, that ai art and assistance should be marked. I dont pay for things, made by 4 words, trained illegal by real artist input. Sorry, i am human. I like ai but not in every aspect of my life ( even we will be there in few years ).

AI should be resited simply because of the fact that its database is based on stolen content from all other artists who post theirt work on the internet. Their images is used to feed the database for Midjourney and co. and the generated output is used commercially by companies. Thats straight datawashing and is unacceptable. Why wasn't this talked about in the podcast?? Thats is probably the most important topic when it comes to AI generated images!

WOW, WHAT A PILE OF CRAP.... THIS DIDN'T AGED WELL! Jesus , in a couple of years a lot of people will remember about this one. I am guessing that at terraform the atmosphere is as cut-troath as it get!